Stanford continues home dominance over Washington

Anthony Goods scored 19 points as the Cardinal rallied for a
78-77 Pac-10 Conference victory over the 24th-ranked Huskies.

Stanford's defense rattled Washington, which starts three
freshmen and a sophomore, limiting the Huskies to two field
goals in the final 5 1/2 minutes.

That added up to the 14th consecutive loss for Washington at
Maples Pavilion dating to January 1993.

To that point, the Huskies played superbly in the second half,
erasing a seven-point deficit with an 18-6 run to surge ahead,
56-51, with 13:07 left on a layup by Jon Brockman, who had 23
points and 10 rebounds.

Stanford neutralized Washington's 7-foot freshman center Spencer
Hawes, limiting him to six points and eight rebounds. Much of
that was due to 7-foot freshman twins Robin and Brook Lopez, who
combined for 29 points and seven blocks.

After taking a 71-66 lead on Justin Dentmon's coast-to-coast
layup with 5:33 to play, the Huskies (11-5, 1-4 Pac-10) went
over four minutes without a field goal.

Dentmon finally broke the drought, converting a three-point play
for a 74-72 lead with 1:14 left, but Lawrence Hill turned in
the play of the game to rescue Stanford.

After Hawes had corralled a loose ball along the baseline, Hill
slapped it away and then hit a jumper in the lane, drawing
Hawes' fifth foul in the process. Hill made the foul shot to
give the Cardinal (10-4, 2-2) a 75-74 advantage with 40 seconds
to go.

Freshman Quincy Pondexter split a pair of free throws to pull
Washington even with 29 seconds left, but Huskies guard Ryan
Appleby inexplicably fouled Goods in the backcourt on the
inbounds play.

Goods buried both free throws for a 77-75 lead with 27 seconds
left and a steal by Fred Washington led to a single foul shot by
Taj Finger with eight ticks remaining.

A last-second 3-point attempt by Phil Nelson was well short and
Brockman could do nothing but lay it in at the buzzer.